My Coast Guard News

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge crew offloaded approximately 1,700 kilograms of seized cocaine at Coast Guard Base San Juan Friday, following the disruption go-fast vessel smuggling attempt by Coast Guard and British Virgin Islands authorities near Anegada, British Virgin Islands. The seized cocaine has an estimated wholesale value of approximately $51 million dollars. This disruption and seizure is the result of multi-agency efforts involving the Caribbean Border Interagency Group and the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Dec. 21, 2021

Editor's Note: link has been fixed.Here’s your chance to tell it like it is, cutter crews: How do you feel about your inport workloads? The Sea Duty Readiness Council (SDRC) has put out a new survey to gather feedback on this much-discussed issue, and they want to hear from you. It’s part of the Coast Guard’s effort to find ways to lessen the load

Dec. 20, 2021

New DoD365 Teams user guides available for shoreside, cutters

Here is a cutter-specific DoD 365 Teams user guide!

Computer network centers are just one of many jobs civilians perform within the Coast Guard. There are some 8,000 civilian members -2,000 of whom are paid with non-appropriated funds -located in 100 different geographical locations and representing more than 280 different occupations. Their contributions are essential in supporting the Coast Guard mission. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO

Dec. 20, 2021

New Workstations coming to the Coast Guard

If you’re still struggling to do your job on a clunky old workstation, here’s a gift for the holidays: Modern laptops are on the way. The Coast Guard has ordered 20,460 new laptop computers which it hopes to have in workers’ hands as early as January 2022, the C5I Service Center announced recently. It’s the beginning of a four-year, service-wide

Dec. 17, 2021

New: Access DoD365 on your personal computer

All you need is a standard CAC reader and the Microsoft Edge browser.

As Logistics Officer, Lt. Cmdr. Carol Rivers, meets with local suppliers to purchase equipment and materials for PSU 301. (Courtesy of the author)

Dec. 17, 2021

The Long Blue Line: The Persian Gulf War—a female officer’s experience 30 years ago

During 1990, I was assigned as the training officer for Reserve Unit Syracuse, New York. One of my responsibilities was to ensure that each member of the unit had committed to an appropriate two-week training period. That year, the district office in Cleveland, Ohio, forwarded a request to fill 25 billets at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., for a

Senior Executive Gary Rasicot is one of the recent winners of the Presidential Rank Award. He has served with distinction in numerous leadership positions within the Department of Homeland Security, including the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration, and is currently serving as the acting assistant secretary for DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office.

Dec. 16, 2021

2 Coast Guard civilians receive highest award for senior executives; the perfect fit—how the Industrial Production Facility at Alameda collaborated to help Coast Guard Cutter Waesche get underway; meritorious advancement.

2 Coast Guard civilians receive the highest award bestowed upon senior executives. Congratulations to Coast Guard civilian senior executives Gary Rasicot and Calvin Lederer who were recognized for the 2021 Presidential Rank Award (PRA) program. The PRA program was established in 1978 and is one of the highest awards the President of the United

Dec. 16, 2021

DoD Releases 2022 Basic Allowance for Housing Rates

BAH rates will increase an average of 5.1 percent when the new rates take effect on January 1, 2022.

A Coast Guard aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter arrives on scene after receiving the report of a disabled fishing vessel drifting towards the coast of Duck, N.C., Dec. 7, 2021. The crew of the Bald Eagle II, were wearing survival suits to prevent hypothermia. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Dec. 16, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard medevacs man suffering from heart attack symptoms, Portsmouth, Virginia and more.

A Coast Guard aircrew hoisted 4 fishermen from a disabled fishing vessel off the coast of Duck, NC; Coast Guard rushed to a car near edge of Niagara Falls; Coast Guard buoy tender departs Bay Area for last time as San Francisco-based cutter.

Great work Lt. Sean Dolan of Sector Buffalo

Dec. 16, 2021

The USCG marine inspector hotline is truly semper paratus

Great work Lt. Sean Dolan of Sector Buffalo

The 2020 Wanda Allen-Yearout Ombudsman of the Year awardee, Jenifer Walker, is shown (top right) with her husband, Petty Officer First Class Bradley Walker, and their two children Andersen (left) and Trent (right).

Dec. 15, 2021

Calling all Coast Guard ombudsmen: you could be nominated for the 2021 Wanda Allen-Yearout Ombudsman of the Year Award

Solicitations now open until Jan. 18, 2022